types of jungle

[Witchking]

Originally Posted by KarlKost

"I wanna be a mage."
"How on Earth would yo"
"I spend a lot of time on the library"

Basically I want to be almost any character archetype expect Conan(TM).

'I am a Merchant prince and am looking at cornering the silver market. Well historically what happens when silver prices start climbing precipitously? Lemme go to the library and find out.'

'I am a General. I have been handed a grab bag of forces. Everything I can think of says I lose. I do not have an idea. I need an outside of the box way to try and skin this small feline. Lemme go read up on prior Military Geniuses from Alexander to Rommel. If I can't think of a good idea, theft of a good idea is almost as good.'

'I am a Mage. I want to break the laws of Physics/Biology/Grammar/Parking. I need to know the laws better before I figure out how. Lemme...'

Research CAN be very flexible. It can show the character putting work into an idea and gives the GM a chance (on a good roll) to point out flaws/problems that are about to bite the PC in the hindend. The usual limiters are having a large library in proximity and having enough lead time before the task must be executed.

It is enough to put it on the sheet for me (unless it violates the character concept). Now whether it survives the brutal 'I do not have enough points in the budget. Something has to go!' that takes up 50-95% of the character build process for me at least...that is another thing.

But it usually at least gets consideration.